According to digital risk management firm Athenian Technology, BSNL, India’s state-owned telecom provider, suffered a significant data breach. A cybercriminal named “kiberphant0m” performed the attack, resulting in the exposure of a large amount of sensitive data. This puts millions of users at risk. Zee news reported, Kanishk Gaur, CEO of …
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The US plans to ban the sale of Kaspersky antivirus software due to its alleged ties to the Kremlin. Gina Raimondo, the US Commerce Secretary, said that Moscow’s control over the company was a big threat to US infrastructure and services. She said that the US was compelled to take …
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CISA and the FBI released guidance, Modern Approaches to Network Access Security, with support from other organizations including New Zealand’s GCSB, CERT-NZ, and the Canadian CCCS. Business owners of all sizes are encouraged to adopt stronger security solutions like Zero Trust, Secure Service Edge (SSE), and Secure Access Service Edge …
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AWS announced new security features at its re:Inforce conference, such as identity and malware protection services. The cloud giant added passkeys to the list of supported multi-factor authentication (MFA) mechanisms for root and Identity and Access Management (IAM) users. The company also started enforcing MFA on root users, particularly AWS …
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CISA released 20 advisories about Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on June 13, 2024. These advisories give important information about security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits related to ICS. ICSA-24-165-01 Siemens Mendix Applications ICSA-24-165-02 Siemens SIMATIC S7-200 SMART Devices ICSA-24-165-03 Siemens TIA Administrator ICSA-24-165-04 Siemens ST7 ScadaConnect ICSA-24-165-05 Siemens SITOP UPS1600 ICSA-24-165-06 …
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Microsoft has released updates for 49 security vulnerabilities in its Patch Tuesday update for June. One of the fixes addresses a critical bug in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) technology that could allow remote code execution (RCE) and server takeover. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: …
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GhostR hacker claimed to hack Absolute Telecom PTE Ltd, a Singapore-based telecom company and stole 34 gigabytes of data including corporate information, accounting records, sales data, customer details, credit card information, and call records. In a post the bad actor claimed they infiltrated and compromised the company’s server networks on …
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CISA released four advisories about Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on June 4, 2024. These advisories contain important information about security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits related to ICS. ICSA-24-156-01 Uniview NVR301-04S2-P4 ICSA-23-278-03 Mitsubishi Electric CC-Link IE TSN Industrial Managed Switch (Update A) ICSA-22-172-01 Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R, Q, L Series and …
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The NSA advises iPhone and Android users to restart their devices weekly for better security against cyber threats. The NSA suggests in a document that regularly restarting devices is a simple and effective way to reduce the risk of cyberattacks. This advice is especially relevant due to the rising complexity …
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On April 30th, the White House released National Security Memorandum-22 (NSM) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience to update national policy on protecting and securing critical infrastructure from cyber and all-hazard threats. The memorandum recognizes the changed risk landscape and aims to collaborate with partners to identify and reduce sector, …
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